236 Ed} llKjualics ill. IS\9. 



27, one A.M. Sicily; violent sliock. Etna, which for eight 

 years has heen in a state of profound trani|nillity, appeared all in 

 flames, and a considerable eruption commenced. 



June 1(). Kntcli County, East Indies; the town of Booj and 

 the fort of Booj overturned ; 2000 inhabitants buried under the 

 ruins. Three days after the first shock oscillatory movements of 

 the ground were felt from hour to hour ; a volcano burst out at 

 ten leagues from Booj. 



July 10, i past six P.M. Gueraude (Loire Infcrieurc) ; slight 

 shock in the directior< from the North to South ; noise similar to 

 that of distant thunder. 



End of July. Olette (Eastern Pyrenees); slight shocks. 



Aug. 12, |-past two A.M. Trinidad ; violent shock in the di- 

 rection of from East to West ; duration four or five seconds. A 

 considerable noise preceded the shock. 



15. Village of St. Andrew, Lower Canada; shock accompa- 

 nied with a strong explosion. 



— Venice. 



29, 31. Sweden and Norway ; slight shocks. 



Sept. 4, nine o'clock P.M. Corfu ; two violent shocks in a 

 direction towards the North ; all the clocks of the town were set 

 a-ringing by the eflfect of the oscillations. 



Oct. 16, one o'clock A.M. Martinitpic; the dihalion of the 

 shocks more remarkable than their force ; no accident. 



Nov. 28, 4-past one in the morning. Comrie, Perthshire ; 

 strong shock, accompanied with a noise similar to that of distant 

 thunder ; duration ten seconds. 



EARTHQUAKE IN SCOTLAND. 



The following account of an earthquake recently experienced 

 in Scotland is given in a letter dated the 4th March, from Glas- 

 gow, at which place it was particularly felt : — " About half-past, 

 eight in the morning of the 22d ult. after a sudden thaw had i)e- 

 gun to succeed a frost unprecedented for duration and intensity 

 in this country for six years, a rumbling noise, proceeding from 

 a northern direction, was heard, which lasted about three seconds, 

 and was immediately followed by a tremulous heaving of the 

 earth, passing apparently towards the south. Scarcely had this 

 first shock been observed, and while I was still giddy with its stun- 

 ning effects, when another, and immediately a third, (piickly suc- 

 ceeded ; the last so smart, that the bell in our town-house steeple 

 was distinctly heard to ring. The inhal)itants were so alarmed^ 

 that many who were in bed ran into the street, and jostled one 

 another, quite stupefied with the concussions, while the omens of 

 clashing doors and ringing l)cils terrified those within. The wa- 

 ters of Loch Lomond (north of Port Glasgow) cxpciicnccd, abonl/j 



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